Buildings Commissioner Marlene Hopkins faulted a contractor and city health officials for not planning for and containing the dust
A settlement in the Hilco Chicago botched demolition of a Little Village smokestack was approved by a judge Monday.four years ago finally has spoken out about what happened, faulting a contractor and city health officials for the resulting dust storm that blanketed the neighborhood.
Hopkins explained to the gathering of about three dozen people what the buildings department's role is in a demolition and told them implosions no longer are allowed in Chicago as a result of what happened. That's among reforms City Hall has put in place since then. The inspector general's report was finished in 2021 but kept secret until the Chicago Sun-Times published it last year. The city still hasn't released the report to the public.
Hopkins said her department approved the Hilco permit and her staff was responsible for seeing the giant smokestack fell in a certain direction, which she pointed out it did.
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